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Thursday, February 6, 2014

Intelligence in the Private Sector

A ground breaking Harvard conference exploring the use of
intelligence by private sector companies: “Intelligence in
the Private Sector.”
In today’s world, businesses are facing increasingly complex
threats to infrastructure, finances, and information. The
government is often slow to share classified information about
these threats. As a result, business leaders are creating
their own intelligence capabilities within their
companies. This is not about time honored spying by businesses on each
other, or niche security firms, but about a completely new use of
intelligence by major companies to support their global
operations. The panelists examine the reasons for private
sector intelligence: how companies organize to obtain it, and how
the government supports them. “Is this a growing trend?” “How
do companies collaborate in intelligence?” “How does the government
view private intelligence efforts?” “How do private and government
intelligence entities relate to one another?” “What does this all
mean for the future of intelligence work?”Confirmed participants include:
1. Robert Dannenberg, Managing Director, Office of Global
Security, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
2. Paul Kolbe, Director, International Security Affairs,
BP
3. Linda Reid, Director, Global Intelligence, The Walt Disney
Company,
4. Brian M. Stephens, Senior Vice President, Corporate
Security, Bank of America
5. Van Wilberding, Senior Manager, The Coca-Cola Company
6. Elena Mitchell, Office of Director of National
Intelligence
7. Peter Ford, Deputy Director, Overseas Security Advisory
Council (OSAC), Department of State
8. Alphonso “Jody” Norris III, Director, Domestic Security
Alliance Council (DSAC), FBI
9. Sharon Halstead, Domestic Security Alliance Council
(DSAC)
10. Sean Doherty, Harvard Kennedy School, MC/MPA 2014. This seminar is off the record and comments cannot be
published without the consent of the speaker. The seminar is
open to the public.